Reviews

Always a huge relief to find your people, even in a parasocial way. Parenting today is not easy, and Claire and Quinn give me some hope that there’s no one right way to do this!

As of this writing, we are 9 episodes in, all of which are exquisite and communally cathartic on their own. Every episode leaves me contemplating my own parenting style and hottakes on the slow burning dumpster fire that is parenting in the 21 century. I was hooked in episode two when Claire revealed her theory that “dads are harder on their sons because…they hate thinking that they were ever that dumb”. I immediately felt naked, like she had been given a transcript of my personal inner truth and was speaking directly to me. Now I am just George Kastanza, staring off into the ocean, questioning all my parenting decisions. I don’t know if I am prepared for the next revelation, but yet, I get a flood of dopamine when I see a new episode waiting in my player.

This is not precisely a question that Quinn and Claire tackle on this humorous yet down to Earth podcast, but it could be. Their witty banter says right out loud a lot of the things parents think to themselves, and we’re all better for it.

Not Right Now is the conversations I have after bedtime + the thoughts in my head. Thank you for the commiseration of what it means to have too many water bottles yet never the *right* one. Also, literally, how did you find the time to start a podcast?! You both are amazing.

No, parenting does not come with an instruction manual, and neither does this podcast. But Claire and Quinn do you one better: they’re a constant reminder that no, you’re NOT the only one who wants to Kool-Aid Man yourself through the nearest wall after your kid asks you where their water bottle is for the 37th time. Come for the catharsis, stay for the thoughtful and genuinely hilarious conversations about parenting in, around and for our modern world’s problems.

Thank you, Claire and Quinn for this excellent podcast. Your conversation on episode 1 captures what I’m talking about with (only my most sane and irreverent) parent friends. Refreshing and thoughtful and just what I need. If I had a billboard on a crowded freeway in my city, I would cover it in the Not Right Now logo. 🙌

Very excited about this new podcast! I feel less guilty about the thoughts I have to myself sometimes about parenthood. Glad to know I am not alone. Great job!